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Goods: Editor’s Picks
Bee Cool Glass artist John Pomp’s handblown beehive vases are all the buzz. $150, Acquire. Fully Booked A circa-1970 chair design, reinterpreted in metallic vinyl, […]
Before and After: Boredom, Banished
To improve their “drywall box” of a South End duplex, Jackie Jenks and Mike Russos called on friend Beth Whittaker of Boston-based Merge Architects. Because the […]
Talking Stock: Casa Design
The day she graduated from Northeastern, Zhanna Drogobetsky’s parents, owners of Watertown’s Italian Interiors, handed her a set of keys—not to a new car, but […]
Vineyard Heaven
Location, location, location: The three rules of real estate rarely need repeating. Once was more than enough for the New York couple who built this […]
Rent Control
In a certain type of women’s-magazine story—a.k.a. the “Aging Is Cool!” feature—readers are urged to celebrate their advancing age by shuddering at the ignorance of […]
Modern Renewal
Nontoxic Paint Used to be, the average wall paint came with an unhealthy extra: possibly carcinogenic chemicals called VOCs that seep into your home’s air. […]
Eat Dirt
DYSON DC16 ROOT 6 $150–$200, Target Form Bright-hued and utilitarian—like a Tonka truck. Feel Heavy and clunky, it won’t run without a finger on the power […]
Above and Beyond
In most homes, gleaming surfaces and floral arrangements are reserved for visiting in-laws and cocktail parties; everyday life is more unkempt. [sidebar] Yet Meichi Peng, […]
At Home With: Growth Strategy
Back in 1995, Bill Boehm was a bachelor and a recent graduate of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning. He’d served in the Peace Corps […]
Breakfast Club
1. Saarinen Tulip chair, $1,392, Machine Age. 2. Ribbon pillow, $140, Simplemente Blanco. 3. Philippe Starck Passion chair, $1,192, Montage. 4. Heaven Up lamp, $990, […]